It is the structure of our constitution that has made America a beacon of freedom in the world and has secured our individual liberties, federal appeals court judge William H. Pryor Jr. said at AEI on ...

The National Assembly should act in the best interest of the Federation by resolving conflicting constitutional issues on federalism, writes EKPA STANLEY EKPA Section 1 of the 1999 Constitution of the ...

My recent book Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus argues for what political scientist Lisa Miller, in her review in these pages, dubs “aspirational federalism.” I like and will embrace this label.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed orally it was difficult to accept the Centre's submission that the concept of federalism does not apply to a union territory as even ‘panchayats' are an example ...

Federalism, the idea of multiple layers of government working within one system, is considered a quintessentially American creation. Yet the essence of this great modern political contribution is ...

Federalism infuses every aspect of the Australian system of government. Flickr/OzinOH, CC BY The reform of Australia’s federation is under review. So far in our special series, leading Australian ...

Q: What is the federal principle? A: The federal principle refers to the principle that governmental powers and responsibilities may be divided between the federal (national) government and the state ...

THERE is a fear in some quarters that attempts to strengthen local government constitute a ‘rollback’ of the 18th Amendment provisions expanding provincial autonomy. This was expressed in a statement ...

The ruling class is instilling in Kenyans fear of chaos, bloodshed and disintegration if Kenya adopts a federal system of government. The ruling class says, as if it were an extremist supporter of ...

Most of the 54 countries in Africa are unitary – the power to govern them resides mostly in a centralised government. Only Ethiopia and Nigeria are fully federal while others like South Africa, the ...

Legal giants yesterday said the Supreme Court judgment that nullified the National Lottery Act would deepen federalism. The Supreme Court held last Friday that the Lagos House of Assembly and those of ...